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Recently, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center was involved in a daunting task: preparing and mailing over 1,800 copies of the new Thinking for a Change 3.1 resource pack in a single day. Several NIC Academy staff volunteered to help, including Bernie Iszler, former probation officer for Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and now NIC Academy Correctional Program Specialist. At one point, she picked up a T4C 3.1 disk pack and said: “You know, we’re not just mailing out...

Hey Community, are you ready to take the Reentry Pop Quiz?? Question 1. Individuals who have been convicted of a crime are “banned” from public housing. True or False? Question 2. Eligibility for Social Security benefits cannot be reinstated when an individual is released from incarceration. True or False? Question 3. A person with a criminal record is not eligible to receive federal student financial aid. True or False? All three statements are false and all three are commonly held beliefs...

The National Institute of Corrections and project partner the Urban Institute launched the Transition from Jail to Community (TJC) initiative in 2007. TJC efforts prepare and support jail inmates for a successful return to their communities. The TJC Implementation Toolkit is now online. This web-based learning resource guides local criminal justice agencies and community-based organizations through implementation of the TJC model, in whole or in part. Users of the toolkit can navigate through the...

The National Institute of Corrections has selected Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming to participate in the next phase of the Transition from Prison to Community (TPC) Initiative. The TPC Model is a comprehensive systems approach to successfully return inmates to communities. NIC's project partners (The Center for Effective Public Policy and the Urban Institute) will provide technical assistance to these states during the next three years as they implement the TPC model...

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